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Why Nix?
I am a GNU/Linux user since 1996. During the first months, I tried to install Red Hat several times. Then, for four years, I loved to do everything from…
May 2, 2020
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September 2015
Testing Silver Bullets
When creating a website for the first time, it’s common to turn to well-known experts in the field to get their magical solutions or “silver bullets” on…
Sep 14, 2015
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July 2015
Butt-hours
There’s a nasty little problem that’s been deteriorating the provision of technology services for some time now. People call it man-hours; I’m going to…
Jul 25, 2015
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Running a Shop
A long time ago I was a cashier at a store. One of my duties was to give the owner's son $2,000 COP for lunch money every day from the cash register. He…
Jul 25, 2015
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June 2015
Lowest Cost of Registering
One of the most frequent questions when deciding to start a business is whether or not to formalize it. That is, to operate as a natural person or…
Jun 14, 2015
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May 2015
Working Reasonably
For years, when it comes to my style of managing teams of engineers, one of the things I'm known for has to do with accurately tracking work time. In…
May 24, 2015
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April 2015
The Badge of the Entrepreneur
The sheer amount of activity in Medellín promoting entrepreneurship is unparalleled. Students want to be entrepreneurs from the start, employees look…
Apr 3, 2015
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March 2015
Poisoned Carrots
The Enron scandal showed the industry world how bonuses for senior executives can turn into poisonous “carrots” that end up degenerating behavior across…
Mar 15, 2015
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February 2015
Total labor Costs in Colombia
After four articles that waxed emotional about entrepreneurship, let’s move on to a more technical topic that’s less subject to discussion: the total…
Feb 23, 2015
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The Insult of Equity
Being an entrepreneur is all the rage right now. Becoming the next Steve Jobs is the latest fantasy of recent graduates, non-graduates, or anyone tired…
Feb 16, 2015
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Telework: The Killer of Work Culture
Implementing telework has become a top priority for senior managers and entrepreneurs. The newspapers are talking about companies in Silicon Valley…
Feb 8, 2015
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Billing: Fact or Fiction?
I’ve often wondered what the simplest and most useful tidbit of information is, that, had I known earlier, would have transformed years of mistakes into…
Feb 2, 2015
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